Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
WEB
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
YLT
Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
DBT
Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.